Shakespeare coined the phrase ‘hoist with his own petard’. What is a petard?
Underwear
Shoelaces
A bomb
A window
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Cheers actor George Wendt died on May 20. In which city was the famous sitcom set?
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Boston
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By what name is singer Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor better known?
Lorde
Rihanna
Lizzo
Lady Gaga
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Which Liberal Party candidate went head to head with Nicolette Boele in Bradfield in the 2025 federal election?
Keith Wolahan
Amelia Hamer
Michael Sukkar
Gisele Kapterian
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Bassist Nikki Sixx has played with which famous rock band since 1981?
Def Leppard
Mötley Crüe
Guns N' Roses
Van Halen
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Which band had a hit with Poison Ivy in 1959?
The Cadillacs
Four Tops
The Coasters
The Drifters
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How many countries begin with Q?
One
Three
Twelve
Five
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Simon & Garfunkel sang about which architect on their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Water?
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Frank Gehry
Frank Lloyd Wright
Zaha Hadid
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Laurel Canyon is a neighbourhood in which US city?
Phoenix
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Seattle
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What was the original name of the city of Melbourne?
Port Phillip
Swanston
Batmania
New Melbourne
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Which movie was awarded the 2024 Academy Award for Best Picture?
Oppenheimer
Barbie
Maestro
Poor Things
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Which artist was a pioneer of the ‘drip technique’ in abstract expressionism?
Franz Kline
Willem de Kooning
Jackson Pollock
Mark Rothko
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In Japanese Noh theatre, what is the primary role of the ‘shite’?
Main protagonist
Narrator
Chorus leader
Comic relief
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Which director is known for the long, single-take shots in films such as Children of Men and Gravity?
Alfonso Cuarón
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Denis Villeneuve
Paul Thomas Anderson
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Which Chinese dynasty was overthrown during the 1911 Xinhai Revolution?
Song
Yuan
Qing
Ming
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Which Australian Prime Minister was known for the slogan ‘It’s Time’?
Paul Keating
Bob Hawke
Malcolm Fraser
Gough Whitlam
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What was the real name of Che Guevara?
Alberto
Julio
Carlos
Ernesto
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Which historical figure was known as 'The Desert Fox'?
George S. Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Bernard Montgomery
Erwin Rommel
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Who starred alongside Bruce Willis in the 1985 detective agency comedy Moonlighting?
Cybill Shepherd
Christine Baranski
Annette Bening
Jodie Foster
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The House of Habsburg ruled over much of Europe for centuries. Which modern country was its primary seat of power?
France
Austria
Germany
Hungary
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